Comments and predictions for Tottenham vs Man City: Blunt defense, sharp attack
The match between Tottenham vs Man City in the English Premier League takes place at 2:30 a.m. on February 27. Nghe An Newspaper analyzes performance, makes football comments and predicts the score.
Latest Tottenham vs Man City team information
Despite not having a fully fit squad, Tottenham head into Wednesday night's clash with just five players who are certain to miss out through injury, including Radu Dragusin (ACL), Dominic Solanke (knee), Richarlison (hindfoot), Cristian Romero (foot), and Micky van de Ven (foot). Postecoglou may be finding his winning formula.
Timo Werner's muscle strain does not appear to be too serious and is likely to be fit in time for the crucial game against Manchester City - the team he scored his only goal of the season against (in the EFL Cup). Meanwhile, Ben Davies did not feature against Ipswich for fitness reasons, which could be seen as a wise move by the coaching staff.
Postecoglou also left James Maddison and Pedro Porro out of the starting line-up against Ipswich for a similar reason, but both players will be desperate to regain their starting places on Wednesday. Maddison's return to the team will be a blow for Mathys Tel, who could be forced to give up his place.
Manchester City's centre-forward, Guardiola, is unsure whether Erling Haaland will recover from a knee injury in time for the trip to Tottenham. With only three days off between games, the two-time Premier League top scorer's availability remains a big question mark. However, if Haaland can play and score, he will make history as only the second player in the Premier League to score 10 goals at home and 10 away in three consecutive seasons. The only other player to achieve this feat was Harry Kane, while playing for Tottenham.
In addition, the list of absentees for Man City also includes familiar names such as Rodri (ACL), Oscar Bobb (ankle), Manuel Akanji (muscle) and John Stones (thigh). Coach Guardiola, although giving Kevin De Bruyne a chance to start at the weekend, may not risk using the Belgian star in the near future.
Latest expected lineup Tottenham vs Man City
Tottenham Hotspur:
Vicario; Porro, Danso, Davies, Spence; Maddison, Bentancur, Sarr; Kulusevski, Johnson, Son
Manchester City:
Ederson; Lewis, Khusanov, Dias, Gvardiol; Gonzalez, Kovacic; Savinho, Silva, Doku; Marmoush
Latest Tottenham vs Man City football review
Ipswich Town striker Liam Delap started the game strongly, unsettling the Tottenham defence. However, that was just a flash in the pan before the storm hit Portman Road on Saturday, as Tottenham made full revenge for their shock defeat to Ipswich in the first leg with a 4-1 win.
Returning to the Premier League starting line-up after a month out, Brennan Johnson shone with a brace, along with two assists from captain Son Heung-min. Resurgent right-back Djed Spence and key midfielder Dejan Kulusevski also made no mistake about getting on the scoresheet.
Although Omari Hutchinson's stunning strike gave Ipswich a glimmer of hope, Postecoglou's side quickly regained control and cruised to a third successive Premier League win, cementing Tottenham's place in 12th place in the table.
This ranking, however, is still unacceptable for a club of Spurs' stature, as Postecoglou himself admitted. However, the North London team has quelled any speculation of a relegation battle by gradually recovering key players after a long absence due to injury.
The hosts are looking for their fourth consecutive Premier League win, the last time Tottenham did so was in October 2023, when Postecoglou was still in charge in London. Furthermore, after conceding in 10 consecutive home games between October 30 and January 4, Tottenham have kept clean sheets in three of their last four.
An impressive 18-game scoring streak at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium is also a big boost for the home team. In contrast, Manchester City's 16-game scoring streak in all competitions came to a surprising end on Sunday night.
In front of fans from both the red and blue halves of Manchester and the north London faithful, Pep Guardiola's men were unable to stop Liverpool's convincing title run. In a crucial match last weekend, "The Citizens" suffered a 0-2 defeat to the title-winning team, with goals from Mohamed Salah and Dominik Szoboszlai.
Ball possession was no longer an issue for the reigning champions at the Etihad. However, with Erling Haaland sidelined through injury, the absence of a clear-cut centre-forward became a serious weakness, with City suffering their third defeat in their last four games in all competitions (the other two defeats were to Real Madrid).
Despite the difficulties, Guardiola's team are still working hard to maintain fourth place in the Premier League table. However, after Chelsea and Aston Villa both won on Tuesday, Man City have dropped to sixth, and have only won two of their last nine away games in the Premier League.
Both wins came against relegation-threatened Leicester City and Ipswich Town, so after losing 4-0 and 2-1 to Spurs this season in the Premier League and EFL Cup, the reigning champions will be wary of travelling to one of their least-desirable 'death grounds'.
Latest Tottenham vs Man City score prediction
Based on the above football comments, we and the world's leading football sites have given the results of the match.Tottenham vs Man Cityas follows:
- Sportsmole:Tottenham 1-2 Man City
- WhoScore:Tottenham 2-2 Man City
- Our newspaper predicts:Tottenham 2-2 Man City
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